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MIKE: DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY
COULD MEAN NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
A NUMBER OF PROMINENT
WISCONSINITES.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT
WHETHER MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF
DAVID CLARKE COULD END UP WITH A
ROLE IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THERE'S ALSO SPECULATION ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF
RNC COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN REINCE
PRIEBUS AND SPEAKER PAUL RYAN.
WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS
NOW WITH ABC NEWS POLITICAL
DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN IN
WASHINGTON.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
LET ME BEGIN WITH THE RNC CHAIR.
SOME SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER
HE COULD PLAY SOME ROLE IN THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT YOU HEAR?
RICK: HE IS IN THE
MIX, MAYBE
EVEN WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF.
A LOT TELLING THAT DONALD TRUMP
BROUGH HIM ON IN THE WEE HOURS
OF THE MORNING TO THINK EIN
-- TO
THANK HIM.
HE HELPED NAVIGATE HIM THROUGH
THE TURBULENT LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
REIN PRIEBUS
EMERGED AS ONE OF
THE MOST EFFECTIVE ALLIES DONALD
TRUMP HAD AND THE POTENTIAL
BRIDGE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT WING
OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
INCLUDING PAUL RYAN.
MIKE: IS THERE TALK ABOUT
WHETHER SOME PEOPLE WANT HIM
KEPT IN HIS CURRENT JOB SINCE HE
HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF
RAISING MONEY FOR THE RNC?
RICK: IF HE WANTED TO STAY, HE
COULD, BUT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE
COULD FILL THAT ROLE AND I KNOW
HE WANTS AN UPGRADE AND TO CASH
OUT ON THIS IN THE SENSE THAT IT
IS NOT SO OFTEN YOU GET TO SAY
YOU WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT.
HE COULD TAKE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FUNDRAISING
GAME AND SITTING WITH THE
MAINSTREAM AT THEIR PUBLICAN
PARTY.
I FEEL LIKE HE IS IN THE
POSITION TO TAKE ON A MAJOR ROLE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
MIKE: YOU TOUCHED ON LOYALTY IS
IMPORTANT TO DONALD TRUMP.
NO ONE HAS BEEN MORE LOYAL THAN
THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF
DAVID CLARK.
DO YOU HEAR DAVID CLARK'S NAME
TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE WHO COULD
GO TO WASHINGTON?
RICK: 100%.
IF YOU ONCE A MAJOR ROLE IN THE
DONALD TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT,
THEY WILL FIND SOMETHING FOR HIM
TO DO IN A PROMINENT WAY.
THEY FEEL LIKE HE SENDS
IMPORTANT MESSAGES GIVEN HIS
BACKGROUND, BUT ALSO, I THINK
THE LOYALTY IS IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE REMEMBER HIS SPEECH AT
THE CONVENTION AS A HIGHLIGHT.
THE INTENSITY HE DELIVERED THE
MESSAGE, THE IMPORTANCE GIVEN
WHERE THE ELECTION STOOD, THE
HEAT THAT HE TOOK FOR BEING AS
UPFRONT WITH DONALD TRUMP, ALL
OF THOSE ARE RECOGNIZED.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY DID
NOT TRY TO TAP INTO THIS
EXPERTISE.
MIKE: LET'S TALK ABOUT PAUL
RYAN.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR
PAUL RYAN, GIVEN THE FACT THAT
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DONALD
TRUMP WAS SOMEWHAT TENUOUS?
RICK: DONALD TRUMP COULD OUST
SPEAKER RYAN IF YOU DECIDED TO
DO SO, BUT I DO NOT THINK HE
WILL.
IN PART BECAUSE THE GO AWRY AND
HAS BEEN SO GENEROUS IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE SEES A
MANDATE THAT TRUMP EARNED AND
THEN SAID, MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN ON CAPITOL HILL.
THE TWO OF THEM ARE FINDING A
WAY TO WORK TOGETHER AND USING
THE TRUMP AGENDA TO BECOME A
TRUMP-RYAN AGENDA.
THEY WILL CLASH, NO QUESTION,
BUT IT SEEMS MOST LIKELY THAT
RYAN REALIZING THAT THE MAJORITY
THAT HE ENJOYS IN THE HOUSE IS
IMPORTANT AND WILL FIND WAYS TO
WORK WITH DONALD TRUMP, AND
DONALD TRUMP WILL FIND WAYS TO
WORK WITH PAUL RYAN.
IT WILL BE UNEASY AND UNUSUAL
FROM TWO GUYS WHO DIFFER MUCH
BUT I COULD SEE IT WORKING.
MIKE: ABC POLITICAL DIRECTOR
RICK KLEIN, THANK YOU.

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Updated: 5:48 PM CST Nov 12, 2016

ABC Political Director Rick Klein says it's "100 percent" that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is in the running for a position in Donald Trump's administration.